More Meat than Rice!

 Life - It ain't easy but it sweet!

Ladies, when did it, become OK to sell your dignity and emotional well being for attention from a man? When did it become OK to forgive a man who has disrespected you without him having to even apologize? When did it become OK for a man to come to you with the expectation that your body is a tool to facilitate his masturbation?  When did it become OK for a man to put his hands on you in violence and then you explain it away as "a bad day" to the very friends that came to hel p you out of the situation?  When did it become OK to subject yourself to the rages of a man-child that has not learned to communicate or control his anger?  When did it become OK to shackle yourselves to a man who is emotionally unavailable and then subject your children to that man for at least 18 years?  When did low self-esteem become the norm?  When will it be OK to stand up for yourselves?  When will self-preservation finally take root in your minds?  How will these men do better if you allo

Ladies Gentlemen and those who are yet undecided.  Some of y'all in relationships just to prove to yourself and say to the public "look someone picked me!" Funny thing is we can all see y'alls don't like each other. Now you too ashamed to leave the relationship bcuz of all the flaunting of it in folks face you did. Here's a thought: Pick your damn self. Choose to love yourself. Don't let your ego keep you in a bad situation. For better or worse my ass. This has been a Public Service Announcement. **I Choose Me graphic property of eckerd.org "I Choose Me" campaign.** Life - It ain't easy but it sweet!

Urgent message to all my sisters And all of my sisterz. If you are having relationship problems, relationship questions or you just have to think something's over, please I beg you: suspend all sexual activity with that person for as long as it takes you to get things straight. This is the ONLY way to process whatever you might need to work through with a clear mind. This has been a Public Service Announcement. Life - It ain't easy but it sweet!

# straightmanchronicles You come to me in front the main building. I in form 4 you in form 5 both in uniform.  You ask me some questions then proceed to tell me all that you and some man 'does be doing' in the evening when yuh mother think yuh gone lessons.  I listened graciously and filed the information away in the REDACTED part of mih brain. I haven't seen you in 13 years. I run into you unexpectedly and we exchange pleasantries.  Only to get a facebook message from you saying you'd "rather we don't speak if we see each other again bcuz you not on boys DESPITE what you told me when we were at school and I just need to understand where you coming from." Nigga all I said to you was HI and Long time no see. followed by "right, right. well take care". Now you were one of the boys in blue with known family name. I fed up say what the bullers know could ruin lives. Don't even breathe when you see me next sir bcuz I will ha

Anybody   have a nosy neighbor? Allyuh I have a nosy neighbor when I tell you she is nosy. I don't even know why I being polite; 'bout nosy. De woman is a MACO! A know everybody bizness, talks everybody bizness, see everybody and know them by name, good old fashion corner house MACO! De only ting is that she not livin on no corner. De only bizness I sure she does forget to tell is who is de man dat does come een by she around 9pm and leave 5am with lunch kit well packed. I tell you no lies, but doh say I say. Hear nah, if the wind blow too hard and shake the gate that beauty in her window.    If someone come to drop something for you is bcuz she pulling curtain.  I kid you not. You could be sitting on a cloud, eating cotton candy, in the most genkle, genklest way possible and that beauty in her window to see what happening. Needless to say when they come and thief away mih whole place she ent see or hear NOTHING! Life - It ain't easy but it sweet!